Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dennis Perris, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Dennis Perris registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 16 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Dennis Perris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dennis Perris
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Tarrant County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Dennis Perris reported 9 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 1 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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